Shoe-stand.



E. C. MARTIN & W. S. CHIDESTER.

SH OE STAND.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1915.

1,169,850. Patented Feb.1, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD MARTIN AND WALTER S. CHIDESTER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

SHOE-STAND.

Application filed June 28, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD O. MARTIN and WALTER S. CrrrDns'rER, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Stand, of which the following is a specification.

Ourv invention relates to improvements in shoe stands and the objects of our improvements are, first, to hold the shoe with such firmness that the process of shining may be carried on while the shoe is upon the stand; second, to bring pressure upon the sole in such a manner that it will be held almost straight, making it impossible for the upper to wrinkle crosswise between the vamp and the toe.

Vi e attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a face view of the stand-plate, A, showing the manner in which the standplate is out and punched to form the stand portion of the device. Fig. 2 is a side view of the hookedbar, showing the curve at 8 and the hook at 7 Fig. 3 is a diagonal view of the entire device, showing the stand-plate bent on the lines indicated in Fig. 1, and the hooked-bar passing through it, in operative position. Fig. A is a side view of the device in operative position, showing the shoe resting upon the stand and securely held in place.

Similar letters and figures refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The stand-plate, A, Fig. 1, is made of metal and varies in size according to desire. For household use it will generally be about 121- inches long by 1% inches wide. The ends are provided with two screw-holes each, as shown in Fig. 1, through which screws pass in fastening it to the top of a shoe-box or any suitable place.

The points 1 and 2 are about of an inch apart and inch long, generally, and extend beyond the stand-plate as indicated in Fig. 3.

The hole 3 is large enough to accommodate hooked-bar B The points 1 and 5 are about of an inch long and project above the stand-plate as indicated in Fig. 3.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

Serial No. 36,758.

The notched-slit 6 is about 2- inches long and wide enough to accommodate the hooked-bar B.

The hooked-bar B, Fig. 2, is about 13 inches long from tip to tip, and generally will be about to of an inch in diameter; it is tapered to a point at 7 as is indicated in Fig. 2.

The curve at 8, Fig. 2, is about 1!; inches long, extending from the straight portion of the hooked-bar to the hook.

It will be seen that this device, when fastened to any solid base, becomes an adjustable shoe-stand that will accommodate all sizes alike.

When the points 1 and 2 are the heel, the sole resting upon and 5, the hook 7 placed over the sole at the toe and pressed downward, the hookedbar placed in the proper notch we have the shoe fastened securely upon the stand, making it possible to polish the shoe the same as if it were upon the foot of another per-.

pressed into the points A release the hooked-bar,

son.

After polishing,

the points 1 and 2,

remove the heel from and the shoe is free.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is- In a shoe blacking stand, front and rear uprights, a shoe rest supported thereon having prongs at its rear extremity extending backward, and prongs at its front extremity extending upward, a rod having a curved forward extremity terminating in a hook adapted to engage the sole of a shoe, the said forward upright being provided with a vertically extending slot notched on one side, and the said rear upright with a hole slightly larger than the cross section of sai rod, said rod being mounted slidably in said slot and hole.

In testimony whereof, we have hereto set our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

J. D. THoMAs, Torr D. BINCKLEY.

Commissioner of Yatents,

Washington, D. G. 

